Black Friday 2016: 20 Must-Have Classic Rock Records

It's almost Thanksgiving, which means it's almost Black Friday ... which means it's time to spend your morning fighting the crowds at your local independent record store trying to track down this year's exclusive Record Store Day releases.

Record Store Day, which takes place every April, was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 independently owned record stores in the US. In November 2010, the first Record Store Day Black Friday was held. According to the organization's official website, there are now Record Store Day participating stores on every continent except Antarctica.